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24 titles for readers of Buddhism by Dominique Side, selected for shared themes: Comparative Religion and Buddhism.

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The Good Heart A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus — Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho

The Good Heart A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus

Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Jesus and Buddha The Parallel Sayings — Marcus Borg

Jesus and Buddha The Parallel Sayings

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Cambridge Companion to Miracles — Graham H. Twelftree

The Cambridge Companion to Miracles

Graham H. Twelftree

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Finding God Among Our Neighbors, Volume 2 An Interfaith Systematic Theology — Kristin Johnston Largen

Finding God Among Our Neighbors, Volume 2 An Interfaith Systematic Theology

Kristin Johnston Largen

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Buddhism A Concise Introduction — Huston Smith

Buddhism A Concise Introduction

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Obstacles to Stillness Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha — Shodhin K. Geiman

Obstacles to Stillness Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha

Shodhin K. Geiman

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Light of Wisdom, Volume II A Collection of Padmasambhava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Togyal and Other Close Disciples — Marcia Binder Schmidt

Light of Wisdom, Volume II A Collection of Padmasambhava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Togyal and Other Close Disciples

Marcia Binder Schmidt

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Kumulipo A Hawaiian Creation Chant — Martha Warren Beckwith

The Kumulipo A Hawaiian Creation Chant

Martha Warren Beckwith

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Voice Of The Silence — H. P. Blavatsky

The Voice Of The Silence

H. P. Blavatsky

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Healing Breath Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World — Ruben L. F. Habito

Healing Breath Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World

Ruben L. F. Habito

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

菩提資糧論 Treatise on the Provisions for Enlightenment — Nāgārjuna

菩提資糧論 Treatise on the Provisions for Enlightenment

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Asian Religions in Practice An Introduction — Donald S. Lopez

Asian Religions in Practice An Introduction

Donald S. Lopez

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Comparative History of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Religions V1 History of the Egyptian Religion (1882) — C. p. Tiele

Comparative History of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Religions V1 History of the Egyptian Religion (1882)

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Unfolding of Wisdom The Buddha’s Path to Enlightenment — Alan James

The Unfolding of Wisdom The Buddha’s Path to Enlightenment

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, Or, Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, According to the Late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English Rendering — Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, Or, Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, According to the Late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English Rendering

Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Catholicism and Buddhism The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of Jesus and Buddha — Anthony E. Clark

Catholicism and Buddhism The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of Jesus and Buddha

Anthony E. Clark

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Living Buddha, Living Christ 20th Anniversary Edition — Thich Nhat Hanh

Living Buddha, Living Christ 20th Anniversary Edition

Thich Nhat Hanh

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Hidden Lamp Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women — Florence Caplow

The Hidden Lamp Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women

Florence Caplow

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

A Doubter’s Guide to World Religions A Fair and Friendly Introduction to the History, Beliefs, and Practices of the Big Five — John Dickson

A Doubter’s Guide to World Religions A Fair and Friendly Introduction to the History, Beliefs, and Practices of the Big Five

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

When Religion Becomes Evil — Charles Kimball

When Religion Becomes Evil

Charles Kimball

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Dhammapada The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom — Acharya Buddharakkhita

The Dhammapada The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom

Acharya Buddharakkhita

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The Lost Way to the Good Dionysian Platonism, Shin Buddhism, and the Shared Quest to Reconnect a Divided World — Thomas Plant

The Lost Way to the Good Dionysian Platonism, Shin Buddhism, and the Shared Quest to Reconnect a Divided World

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Embracing the Inconceivable Interspiritual Practice of Zen and Christianity — Ellen Birx

Embracing the Inconceivable Interspiritual Practice of Zen and Christianity

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

Traditional Korean Philosophy Problems and Debates — Youngsun Back

Traditional Korean Philosophy Problems and Debates

Themes: Comparative Religion • Buddhism

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Comparative Religion, Buddhism — the same threads that run through Buddhism by Dominique Side. Among the authors featured: Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Marcus Borg, Graham H. Twelftree, Kristin Johnston Largen, and others.

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